WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 542

Section 251A(a-1)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

251A.

(a) Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to make it unlawful for (1) any local
unit of a nationwide bona fide nonprofit organization or club composed solely of
members who served in the armed forces of the United States; (2) a bona fide religious
group which has conducted religious services at a fixed location in Worcester County for
a period of at least six years prior to the application to the Worcester County bingo board;
(3) a nonprofit organization desiring to raise money for an exclusively charitable or
educational purpose specifically described in the application to the Worcester County
bingo board (to qualify as such, a nonprofit organization must have been operating as
such in Worcester County for a period of at least five years prior to the application to the
Worcester County bingo board); (4) a volunteer fire company in Worcester County; or (5)
a municipal corporation in Worcester County subject to the provisions of Article XI-E of
the Constitution of Maryland, to conduct and operate a game of bingo within the county,
as in this section provided.

(A-1) ANY ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (A)(3) OF THIS SECTION
MAY RETAIN UP TO 50 PERCENT OF THE PROCEEDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
ORGANIZATION. ANY REMAINING PROCEEDS SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED FOR
EDUCATIONAL OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 26, 1994.

CHAPTER 542
(House Bill 262)

AN ACT concerning

Controlled Dangerous Substances - Prescriptions - Forgery

FOR the purpose of altering certain provisions of law to provide providing that a person
who knowingly possesses, passes, utters, makes, or manufactures a false, forged, or
altered prescription for a controlled dangerous substance or controlled
paraphernalia with a certain intent is guilty of a felony; altering certain provisions of
law to provide that a person who procures) or attempts to procure the administration
of a controlled dangerous substance by the forgery or alteration of a prescription is

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